Bios Sociologicus: Erving Goffman Archives (EGA) is a web-based, open-source project hosted by the UNLV Center for Democratic Culture; Dr. Dmitri N. Shalin is editor and co-director. The EGA collects documents, biographical materials, interviews and critical studies about Dr. Erving Goffman, the 73rd president of the American Sociological Association (1922-1982). The EGA collection provides personal testimonies and documents bearing on academic life in the post WWII United States, with special attention to the plight of women in the social sciences.